Mining Incidents

Portable Sand 2 Metal/Non-Metal

BARD Materials · Surface
Controlled by Tony Thier
Colesburg, Clayton County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302132

Portable Sand 2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1993–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,856
proposed penalties
$8,856
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
413
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 413 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Sand 2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,413 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,516 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,021 4 0 1979.2
2025 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,075 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,165 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,146 3 0 2617.8
2023 Q3 2,027 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,177 2 0 918.7
2023 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,547 1 1 646.4
2022 Q2 1,766 4 0 2265.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,059 1 0 485.7
2021 Q2 1,525 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,399 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,019 1 0 981.4
2020 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 664 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,355 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,054 5 1 4743.8
2019 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 804 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,348 3 0 2225.5
2018 Q2 1,469 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,565 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,543 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,110 6 2 5405.4
2016 Q3 1,317 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 931 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,241 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 382 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,272 3 1 2358.5
2015 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 998 8 1 8016.0
2014 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 853 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,232 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 98 5 0 51020.4
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 593 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,411 2 0 1417.4
2012 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 191 1 0 5235.6
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 842 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 599 1 1 1669.4
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,066 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,245 2 0 1606.4
2007 Q3 1,305 1 0 766.3
2007 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 611 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,432 4 0 2793.3
2006 Q2 423 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,057 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,439 7 2 4864.5
2004 Q3 1,888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,065 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,231 3 0 2437.0
2003 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,026 1 0 974.7
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,179 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,459 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 993 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,355 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 16 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 15, 2024 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BARD Materials · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee slipped while standing on a steel bracket mounted to a stacking conveyor. In the course of the fall, the employee's left leg became stuck between the steel bracket and the stacker itself, which fixed that leg in place as employee continued to fall. The combination of the fall and the stuck leg resulted in a fracture to the tibia and a displacement of the patella.

2014 · 1 incident

August 8, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BARD Materials · Fall from ladders

Individual was standing on a ladder welding a sheet of steel onto a rock bin. He stated that the ladder kicked out from under him causing him to fall and fracture two bones in his foot.

2012 · 1 incident

June 15, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kuhlman Construction LC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slipped while stepping up to tighten packing on booster pump for sand plant (approx 2 ft.) causing a torn muscle in employee's right calf

2011 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

November 14, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kuhlman Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EARLIER IN THE SPRING THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF AN INJURED SHOULDER. HIS CONDITION EVENTUALLY REQUIRED CORRECTIVE SURGERY FOR A PERE-EXISTING BONE SPUR.

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